The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-28

Miss Carrie Crowl, of Hickory Hill,
Chester county, Pa, is visiting Miss Lizzie
Hughes of this town.
The students of West Nottingham Aca-
denny will hold their annual commence
ment on the evening of June 10th.
Mr.. S. j. Keys, of the firm of Davis,
Keys & Co., spent this week with his par
ents at Vienna, Dorchester county, Nd.
A club of Elkton boys defeated nine
from Cherry Hill in this town on Saturday
afternoon last by a score of 2S to 2l. Only
seven innings were played.
Mr.. John Cantwell, will soon erect n
two-story addition to the rear of his resi-
dence on High street. Mr.. George \. Lee
is the contractor.
The left leg of Nelson Ryan was ampu-
tated on Monday at the City Hospital, Bal
timore. He was injured while attempting
to board train at PerrymanSville.
Miss Georgia Harlan of Cecil County
will graduate at the Western Maryland in
June. She will read the first essay on
commencement day.
There will be a Free Methodist tent
meeting in or near the village of North
East commencing June I'd, and continuing
over the Sabbath. Come one, come all.
Nelson Ryan, of Perrymansville, tried
to jump on a moving car last saturday and
sustained serious injuries, his right leg be-
ing broken and his left foot crushed by the
car wheels.
The latest craze in Rising san Is i'm
ported cooks. A trio of Scotch laSSes ar
rived there last week, to be employed in
the families of Messrs. Job Haines, E. p.
Passmore and \. B. Kay, respectively.
The town commissioners of Elkton at a
meeting on Monday night reappointed
Jacob LOTHIAN lamplighter. He was ap-
pointed for a term of three months, and
not for full year as has been the custom.
-Rev. K. W. Beers, pastor of the Presby-
terian church will be absent frcm his pulpit
the next two Sab5aths on short vacation.
Rev. j. b. Kendall professor in Lincoln
University, will occupy the pulpit next
Sabbath.
The ladies of Zion NJ Z. church will
hold a straw berry festival in large tent
in the church yard, in the afternoon and
evening of Thursday the 2nd of June, for
the benefit of the church. If it should rain
it will be held on Friday or the next fair
day.
President Cleveland has consolidated
the Maryland and Delaware internal rev
enue districts, and the Delaware collector
will be turned out of office. Many other
districts throughout the country were con-
solidated at the same time, causing saw
ing of many thousand dollars.
Miss Martha Hughes, venerable and
estimable resident of the Fourth district,
died last week at her home near Moore's
Chapel in the s3d year of her age. She was
8 member of the Seceders Presbyterian
church, and the pastor of that congregation
at Oxford Pa, otficiated at her funeral on
Monday last
The trustees Of the poor failed to elect
an sverseer to succeed the late William G.
Scarborough at their meeting last week
Messrs. Samuel b. Grant and William L
Scarborough, the latter a nephew of the
former overseer, each received two votes.
There being five melnb bers of the board it
requires three votes to elect.
Mr.. Henry Hess, Jr., on Wednesday
last sold his fine horse Edwin H. to
Wilmingtonian for S525. Edwin II. " is a
sorrell "Gilt Edge" colt and stands over Ii
hands high. He is six years old and can
trot in 2.45. The purchaser a well-to-do
gentleman wanted him for family driving
horse for which he is well fitted both by
speed and gentleneSs.
The First district peach growers con-
firm the report that the peach trees in that
section will give but snail yield this year.
The old trees will not bear at all and the
young ones will but poorly. prominent
grower told a WING reporter on Tuesday
that he does not expect a basket from an
orchard of four thousand ten year old trees
which never before failed to yield well.
The Town Commissioners on Tuesday
morning inspected the Bow street drain, to
the foul condition of which we called their
attention last Week. They decided to have
the sides walled and a brick bed made as
has already been done part way, for dis
tance of about forty yards further, or to the
southern line of the Mcknight estate. The
bailitf was also instructed to have the drain
swept once a week.
Samuel johnson, colored, alias Cuff,
more recently OF Pennsylvania where he
was some months since convicted of the
murder of John Sharpless, has now but one
chance of escaping the gallows. Governor
Reaver recently signed his death warran.
f.ing the date al the hanging on August
I'd. Johnson's counsel will appeal TO the
oard of P..rdOnS for Communication Of
sentence TO Imprisonment for life.
The Centreville Reroid states that "Mr
Fred II. Clash, son of Captain G. II. Clash
of Centreville Landing, has been elected
president of the Teachers Association OF
dorchester county. This is deserved
compliment to Mr.. Clash and a fitting rec
ognition of his enthusiastic and untiring
efforts in the cans. of education." Mr..
Clash who was formerly of the firm OF
Drenuen & Clash insurance agents Of this
town, and has many friends here, is at
present principal of the school at Vienna,
Dorchester county.
The tenth Colchester Beach excursion
season opened very successfully on Monday
last. The new steamer Emma Giles made
two trips from Baltimore. Tolchester is
increasing in popularity with Baitmoreans
as Chesapeake resort. Many new i'm
provements have been made since last year
including Il large Carousal similar to the
one at Atlantic City, an extensive pavilion
with a refreshment-room for ladies', addi.
tional booths in the park, tables il the old
dancing pavilion for family use, covered
passageway over the wharf, an enlarged
restaurant, more and larger bath-houses
and the repauting and rettting of the hote
and other buildings There are few resort
that have so many advantages for varied
enjoyments and for invigorating the iunel
and refreshing the outer man. No Sunday
excursions will be run this year from Bal
imOre